FDI and onshore task composition: evidence from German firms with affiliates in the Czech Republic

Journal for Labour Market Research

Table 3 Summary statistics—unmatched sample

	Manufacturing			Service
	MNEs	Non-MNEs	Balancing	MNEs	Non-MNEs	Balancing
	Mean	Mean	Std. bias	Mean	Mean	Std. bias
	Median	Median		Median	Median
	(Std. dev.)	(Std. dev.)	(Var. ratio)	(Std. dev.)	(Std. dev.)	(Var. ratio)
Plants per firm	2.256	1.594	0.179	11.70	3.093	0.060
	1	1	–	1	1	–
	(4.397)	(2.853)	(2.375)	(203.7)	(12.73)	(255.9)
Size (employees)	814.8	222.2	0.139	443.5	143.0	0.080
	139	147	–	32	49	–
	(6032.7)	(335.8)	(322.8)	(5270.3)	(489.0)	(116.2)
(Daily) wage bill (in thousand euros)	98.791	24.585	0.137	46.865	13.754	0.096
	13.431	13.049	–	36.517	41.608	–
	(761.538)	(60.113)	(160.5)	(484.139)	(48.973)	(97.73)
Number of tasks	21.46	20.26	0.211	16.14	14.97	0.180
	23	22	–	17	15	–
	(5.638)	(5.672)	(0.988)	(6.756)	(6.261)	(1.165)
Tasks per worker	5.144	4.853	0.215	5.499	4.890	0.250
	5.081	4.816	–	5.500	4.635	–
	(1.316)	(1.384)	(0.904)	(2.263)	(2.603)	(0.756)

Table 3 describes the summary statistics for 971 (863) MNEs in the manufacturing (service) sector 2 years prior to the FDI event and the respective statistics of 3320 (3860) manufacturing (service) non-MNEs across all years. For each variable, we report the mean, median and standard deviation. In comparing MNEs and non-MNEs, we also report the standardized bias and the variance ratio between the two groups. The wage bill is denoted in constant 2010 euros.